North Carolina 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H295 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/05/2025

                    GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
SESSION 2025 
H 	D 
HOUSE BILL DRH30130-BG-1A  
 
 
 
Short Title: Req. DOT to Install Prop. Corner Markers. 	(Public) 
Sponsors: Representative Gillespie. 
Referred to:  
 
*DRH30130 -BG-1A* 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2 
TO INSTALL PROPERTY CORNER MARKERS ALONG CERTAIN PROPERTY 3 
ACQUISITIONS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION . 4 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 
SECTION 1. G.S. 136-19.4A reads as rewritten: 6 
"§ 136-19.4A. Required surveying information in certain acquisition plans.plans; 7 
installation of property-related corner markers. 8 
(a) Surveying Information Required. – The Department of Transportation shall include 9 
in any plan prepared for the purpose of acquiring right-of-way, a permanent easement, or both, 10 
that depicts property lines, right-of-way lines, or permanent easements, a set of drawings that 11 
clearly identify design alignments, baseline control points, found property-related corner 12 
markers, and new right-of-way and permanent easement corner markers. Plans subject to the 13 
requirements of this section shall document the localized coordinates for each major control point 14 
along the design alignments. The coordinates and associated localization metadata shall be based 15 
upon, and tied to, the North Carolina State Plane Coordinate system and shall be clearly identified 16 
within the plans. All property corner markers found found, identified, and surveyed shall be 17 
clearly identified within the plans in accordance with general surveying standards and 18 
procedures. Each property corner marker shall be accurately tied to the design alignment or the 19 
North Carolina State Plane Coordinate system, by either a system of bearings and distances or 20 
by station and offset. For the purposes of this section, the phrase "new right-of-way and 21 
permanent easement corner markers" must include all property boundary intersections along 22 
right-of-way or permanent easements acquired by the Department. 23 
(b) Installation of New Right-of-Way and Permanent Easement Corner Markers. – The 24 
Department of Transportation shall survey and install new right-of-way and permanent easement 25 
corner markers utilizing metal stakes, or materials of comparable permanence, along 26 
right-of-way or permanent easements acquired by the Department, as described in subsection (a) 27 
of this section, in accordance with general surveying standards and procedures after the 28 
completion of a project for which right-of-way or permanent easements were acquired." 29 
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to Department 30 
of Transportation projects initiated on or after that date that require right-of-way or permanent 31 
easement acquisition. 32 
H.B. 295
Mar 5, 2025
HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK